The Childhood Obesity Surveillance Report, which drew its conclusions from the medical records of Corewell Health patients ...

From January 5, the UK has enforced a major restriction on adverts for foods high in fat, salt, and sugar. These ads can no ...

The bill Trump signed, the bipartisan Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, cleared Congress last fall. The Department of ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — While childhood obesity has become more common in recent years, this is a condition that is about more than just weight. Childhood obesity reflects our modern ...

A study links excessive screen time in children to higher body fat and poor metabolic health, highlighting cardiorespiratory ...

Childhood obesity rates are climbing in Oklahoma, leaving the futures of many children at risk, according to health experts. Health coach Dottie Small spoke to Dr. Rachel Franklin, a family medicine ...

Kent County's childhood obesity data is higher than statewide and national averages, county health officials say.

April 30, 2009 — Editor’s note: Childhood obesity remains a significant health challenge today. From 2003 to 2006, 16.3% of children and adolescents aged 2 through 19 were overweight, defined as a ...

Parent-focused interventions for preventing obesity in toddlers were not effective, a meta-analysis showed. Most key secondary outcomes also did not improve; however, children in the intervention ...

Kent County's first Childhood Obesity Surveillance Report reveals 40% of local children are overweight or obese.